SOLD OUT MORE STOCK FEB 2018 Raw Organic Golden Pilosa Honey from Mexico

With a light, creamy texture and a delicious taste of smoked pineapple, this medically active honey comes from bees feeding on golden bidens pilosa flowers that grow in the 6000ft high plains of the Mexican Plateau in north-central Mexico, a region once home to the Aztec Empire.

To date, 201 medically active compounds have been identified in the bidens pilosa plant and it is one of the most potent medicinal herbs known to exist.

The bidens pilosa planthas been used in Latin America for centuries to treat over 40 categories of illnesses from diabetes and ulcers to cancer and auto-immune conditions.

This is a prized, sought-after honey in Latin America and this is the first time it has been made available in the United Kingdom, exclusively by the Latin Honey Shop.

It is raw, certified organic by the Organic Food Federation, unfiltered, unpasteurised and living... as natural as if you collected it yourself.

This honey tastes delicious straight from the spoon or mixed into cold water, makes a nutritious and refreshing drink. It also tastes sublime on good quality vanilla ice cream.

Read on for more details about the origin, taste and uses of this creamy honey.

Nearly all of the pollen in this honey (73%) comes from bees feeding on the nectar from bidens pilosa flowers that grow in the 6000ft high plains of the Mexican Plateau.

The Mexican Plateau is a large area of arid highland that covers most of northern and central Mexico. It is covered by deserts and shrubland.

Bidens pilosa is a tall branched plant native to south America that grows up to 1.8m tall. It has thin yellow flowers that cluster into spiky seeds. The seed clusters are surrounded by 4-5 white petals.

Once a year the Moreno family beekeepers harvest this honey so we can bring it to your table straight from the hive, raw, living and unfiltered.

This honey tastes delicious straight from the spoon, or mixed into cold water, it makes a nutritious and refreshing drink. It is tasty over toast or porridge, or with good quality yoghurt, fresh cream or vanilla ice-cream.

In accordance with EU directive 1924/2006 we are unable to make any health claim about any of our honeys. The information given below is either background information about the plants from which our honey comes, or anecdotal based on customer reviews.

Nearly all of the pollen in this honey (73%) comes from the bidens pilosa plant. A 2011 study conducted by the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, identified 201 medically active compounds in the bidens pilosa plant.

The bidens pilosa plant has been used in Latin America for centuries to treat over 40 categories of illnesses from diabetes and ulcers to cancer and auto-immune disorders.

Hundreds of years ago, the Aztecs used to collect the pilosa flowers of this region to use in traditional herbal remedies and it has also been used widely in traditional Native American, Brazilian and Chinese medicine for centuries.